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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Christmas Islan, NZ · February 27, 1990

Date
February 27, 1990 · 16:35 local
Place
Christmas Islan, NZ
Airport
Christmas Island
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2085E
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost and low on fuel. Coast guard aircraft located pilot and guided him to airport.

As the FAA filed it

LOST AND LOW ON FUEL. COAST GUARD AIRCRAFT LOCATED PILOT AND GUIDED HIM TO AIRPORT.